To blend or not to blend...

Simple poll, do you blend your ads or make them stand out?

Edit: oops, thought i was in the placement forum . please move post if possible. thanks.

Edit again: you can just delete this post, im dumb...lol

 

Blend.

I tried a lot to make my ads stand out. I even tried colours like FF0000 (one of the most eye catching - similar to the one they use in traffic signs). Still blending worked best for me. I get 3 times more clicks by blending.

 

Overall, I think blending, when done well, is better because it reduces the "ad blindness".

 

i blend them too, sometimes they are so bended that i have to look twice to see them lol (j/k)

 

thanks for the replies guys. i was waiting for someone to give me a sarcastic comment about the search tool , seeing as right after i posted it, i realized that i posted it in the wrong forum, and didnt bother doing a search for similar topics first

 

I'm not blending my ads ...
I have an CTR of 5-6% in all pages like this: http://www.infoescola.com/ingles-numeros_cardinais_e_ordinais_cardinal_numbers-280.html

 

Great question, and personally, I always try to blend my adsense.

 

Thanks for the post Lucas, i was hoping to here someone say they werent blending, and to see an example. Have you blended in the past, or have you always tried to make them stand out?

 

I blend my ads on all my sites - I have been able to get around 10% ctr for all my sites through blending and testing.

 

yes, I used blending some months ago, I put 50-50% for blending ads and not blending. CTR of blending was about 3%, while for "stand out" was 5-6%

 

It will vary from site to site but for mine blending works the best!

 

thanks again, i thought the post would definetly favour blending, so its good to hear from someone who doesnt blend. ill try one of my new sites using %50 blend and %50 not, and see how it works out.